Cantabio Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced its collaboration with the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) in Luxembourg to evaluate the therapeutic potential of the company's novel, proprietary small molecule drug candidates targeting the DJ-1 protein for their potential of treating immune associated diseases. The partnership brings together Cantabio's novel approach to targeting the DJ-1 protein and the LIH's research excellence in immune associated/mediated diseases. DJ-1 is well known as an important target for the treatment of a number of diseases such as Parkinson's disease. Cantabio has been developing novel small molecule therapeutic program targeting the DJ-1 protein with a focus on Parkinson's and also exploring a number of other disease areas. In recent years, LIH's Department of Infection and Immunity, particularly Dr. Feng He's group has intensively explored the immunological roles of DJ-1 in both animal disease models and patients.